There was great excitement on Thursday 27th April as the two 5th classes headed off on their tour to Dublin Zoo. Having researched many of the animals residing in the zoo, the girls were looking forward to seeing the animals for real! There were two planned guided tours, one the African Adventure and the other […]
We went to Fighting Words on Monday 9th January. We walked a long way to get to Terenure Village. Then we took the 16 bus to get there. Fighting Words was set up by Roddy Doyle. When we finally arrived we were welcomed by Tess and Djamel. They were both really nice. Djamel helped us […]
On Monday the 25th of January 2016, Ms Smith`s and Ms Judge`s 5th classes visited Sea life in Bray. We went because in a few weeks time, we will be getting an aquarium with eight to ten sea creatures which we have to look after for a month. We left school at 9.30am and got […]
On the 18th January 2016, the two 5th classes headed off on the 54A bus to visit St. Patrick`s Cathedral for a tour and an art workshop. When we arrived, there were lots of tourists strolling around admiring the stunning building with its amazing stained glass windows, statutes and sculptures! We were welcomed by the […]
Best Tour Ever On the 22nd of October we ventured across Dublin to Meath to go to the World War 1 and World War 2 museum. We travelled by bus and we had great fun singing songs and playing games. When we arrived we were greeted by two lovely men who brought us to the playground and the lunch [...]
On a beautiful, sunny, autumnal day in October 2015, the two 5th classes of St. Pius X G.N.S. headed off on a Tree Trail to Bushy Park. We were so excited! Ms. Smith and Ms. Judge had organised clipboards, maps, paper bags, cameras and A4 sheets of paper for each group. Six captains were chosen [...]
In June the two 6th classes went on a tour to the Central Criminal Courts. We had to go through a metal detector and lots of security before we got inside. The building was enormous with glass elevators and hundreds of rooms. We participated in a mock trial. Some of us even got to wear [...]
On the 6th of May we went on an excursion into town. We followed a history trail and received a tour of Leinster House. We saw St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Christchurch, The Bank of Ireland (which used to be where the parliament sat before the Act of Union), Trinity College and the GPO. Cllr. Ronan Mc [...]
On Tuesday the 14th of April, we went on a trip to Kilmainham Gaol. We had been studying Irish history and it was great to see it come to life. We got on the double-decker bus at half nine and off we went! On arrival we were met by our guide Ann. She brought us [...]